"If you look into the past of a successful painter you will find square miles of canvas"-Charles Hawthorne

Friday, October 30, 2009

The Challenge Begins

I couldn't resist joining this challenge. Over on Wet Canvas in the pastel forum, Deborah Secor has challenged us to join her students as they try to paint 100 variations on the same composition. You may have seen the recent Pastel Journal article about artist Marla Bagetta and her 100 paintings. She is the inspiration for the challenge. Read more about it here. I started by choosing a simple composition and doing some notans or value sketches to see if this will be an interesting enough composition to paint many times. I decided that it was better as a 5x7 rather than a square. I plan to devote no more than 30 minutes for each painting. I'll post my first one later.

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About my Projects

Welcome to Miles of Canvas. I set up this blog to document my painting projects. I have been a daily painter since 2005 and I have been posting my paintings on my blog Painting my World. In the fall of 2009 I accepted a challenge to paint the same landscape 100 times. I decided to paint a farm scene consisting of a stand of trees and a field. I chose a small 5x7 format and decided I would try different surfaces and techniques for each variation. Join me as I continue this challenge and read about the latest variation and how it was created.I am working at getting many miles of canvas under my belt and projects and challenges such as these motivate me to paint more often.Paintings are available for sale. For inquiries email me at kemstudios@yahoo.com

About Me

I studied art in college but it wasn't until 2005 that I began painting seriously. I have been creating a daily painting and posting to my blog every day and I estimate that I have completed about a mile of canvas or in my case paper! I paint primarily in pastel but I am venturing slowly into the world of oils and acrylics. My small daily paintings are availablle for purchase on my blog or at Daily Painters.com. I am represented by these fine art galleries in the Southeast: High Country Art in Blue Ridge, GA, Bella Vista Fine Art in Asheville, NC and Frameworks Gallery in Marietta, GA.

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Crow Creek Farm Photo & Notans

The photo I am using for the 100 variation challenge is from a photo I took at Crow Creek Farm in Goshen, NJ. I was able to attend a very inspiring workshop there with Stan Sperlak , a wonderful pastel artist. Thank you!

Miles of Canvas Mini-Workshop April 2010

Have you been wanting to paint more often? Would you like to try a painting challenge but just do not have the time? I would like to help you jumpstart your pastel paintings and start you on the road to accumulating your miles of canvas and meeting your own personal art goals. Join me at this special mini workshop scheduled for next spring April 18th 2010. Class size is limited so email me to reserve your spot or to ask questions.